India has a supermassive biometric database for every Indian citizen. This article explores the concerns and risks over privacy, rights-to-body, and the possibility (and realities) of massive security breaches.

Do you know Wait But Why? They write fasciinating articles in funny, accessible ways that also happen to be half a novel's length. This one's about Elon Musk's next project - a brain computer interface AKA "wizard hat for the brain". I'll be honest - I haven't even read all of this yet, but it's good so far and I'm not closing this tab until I read all of it

This is simultaneously the most cyberpunk, metal, and electronic thing I've heard of recently. "The core of this synthesizer was grown in a lab from actual living cells sliced right out of its creator. Skin cells are transformed into stem cells which then form a neural network – one that exists not in code, but in actual living tissue." Detailed explanation, video, and implications inside.

TL;DR: Company wants to use tons of video surveillance footage and free bodycams for cops to identify criminals, and then go full on Minority Report up in here (read: whenever a cop sees you). Details on how this could be interesting and horrible inside.

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